Job 41:13-23

13 Who can skin its hide? Who can approach it with a harness?

14 Who can open its closed mouth? Its teeth are surrounded by terror.

15 Its back has rows of scales that are tightly sealed.

16 One is so close to the other that there is no space between them.

17 Each is joined to the other. They are locked together and inseparable.

18 When Leviathan sneezes, it gives out a flash of light. Its eyes are like the first rays of the dawn.

19 Flames shoot from its mouth. Sparks of fire fly from it.

20 Smoke comes from its nostrils like a boiling pot heated over brushwood.

21 Its breath sets coals on fire, and a flame pours from its mouth.

22 Strength resides in its neck, and power dances in front of it.

23 The folds of its flesh stick to each other. They are solid and cannot be moved.

Job 41:13-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 41

A large description is here given of the leviathan, from the difficulty and danger of taking it, from whence it is inferred that none can stand before God, Job 41:1-10; from the several parts of him, his face, teeth, scales, eyes, mouth and neck, flesh and heart, Job 41:11-24; and from various wonderful terrible things said of him, and ascribed to him, Job 41:25-34.